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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Missoula, MT

August 13, 2014Lemhi County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2014, 4:33 PM MDT for Lemhi County, Idaho. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2014, 4:33 PM MDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2014, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Lemhi County, ID

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 244 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 2014-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 114 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 2014-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
114 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-245 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

515 
WGUS55 KMSO 132233
FFWMSO
IDC059-132330-
/O.NEW.KMSO.FF.W.0004.140813T2233Z-140813T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
433 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COLSON CREEK IN THE MUSTANG BURN IN NORTHWESTERN LEMHI COUNTY IN   
  EAST CENTRAL IDAHO...

* UNTIL 530 PM MDT.

* AT 425 PM MDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FLASH FLOOD AND DEBRIS 
  FLOW MOVING DOWN COLSON CREEK IN THE MUSTANG BURN AREA.  FLASH     
  FLOOD WATERS ARE CARRYING LARGE TREES AND BOULDERS WITH            
  THE WATER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING...MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD
TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 4548 11447 4532 11423 4523 11453 4540 11462

$$
1 follow-up statement
525 
WGUS75 KMSO 132323
FFSMSO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
523 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2014

IDC059-132332-
/O.EXP.KMSO.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140813T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEMHI ID-
523 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COLSON CREEK IN THE MUSTANG BURN 
AREA IN LEMHI COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 530 PM MDT/430 PM 
PDT/ FOR NORTHWESTERN LEMHI COUNTY. RAINFALL IN THE AREA HAS 
SUBSIDED AND NO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.  

LAT...LON 4548 11447 4532 11423 4523 11453 4540 11462

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 6:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMSOLemhi4 hr
Aug 13, 12:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchMSOIdaho, Lemhi6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Idaho, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.